DecryptString(DataProtectionStore,String) Method
Specifies which key store to use (User or Machine)
A Base64 encoded string representing the encrypted bytes to decrypt
Decrypts data which was encoded into a string using the Base64 encoding scheme
Syntax
'Declaration
Public Overloads Shared Function DecryptString( _
ByVal _keyStore_ As DataProtectionStore, _
ByVal _encryptedText_ As String _
) As String
public static string DecryptString(
DataProtectionStore _keyStore_,
string _encryptedText_
)
Parameters
keyStore
Specifies which key store to use (User or Machine)
encryptedText
A Base64 encoded string representing the encrypted bytes to decrypt
Return Value
The decrypted contents of this message as a string
Remarks
This method expects the payload to be a byte array which contains the UTF8-encoded bytes of a string that was encrypted using the EncryptString Method.
** WARNING**: The encryption produced by this class is only usable from the machine on which the encryption occurred. The encrypted text cannot be used by a different computer.
Requirements
Platforms: Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows 2000, Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 family